Antiskid device.



3 RENNR & G. i". ADAMS.

ANTISKID DEVECE.

APPLICATION man nov. 22. was.

1,205,021 Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Wntnesses Attorneys 'elleetively engage the ground UNITED STAT e PATENT OFFICE,

SAMUEL BENNER Ann G'EQRGE P. ADAMS, or WESTERN, NEBRASKA.

ANTI? KID DEVICE .kiea tlon t: Letters Patent.

Tmi U'm/w'r/L it 111 1.!) concern: l :f

Be it known that :we, fiinrunn jllnnnnn' and Gnouoia 1?. Am ne, citizens oflhe United Stntes, ,resicling at lVestern, in the county of.

enmesnm of Nehraslnu'huve invented a new and :useful Antiskid Device, oi: which. the followingis a speoificution.

The present invention appertains to anti, skid devices for p'nenmatietires, and aims to provide a novel andimproved upplien'ce of that nature which when applied to a pneumatic tire will eliminate skidding and willyinor'eese the traction.- i

It isthe object of theinvention to provide an a'nti skid device having a shoe of novel eonstriietion to'fit the trend of a tireend to for the in tended purposes. i V V q Another 'obieot is the provision of novel means for attaohing'the shoe (letaehi bly to the tire, said means enebling the shoe to be 4 quickly applied andmene 1 and o din the shoe fi'rnily the-tire. 1

in phi'ee when it. is nppliedio,

ltis 7 iileo ivithin the scone of =the Iinvenf;

tion. to provideen enti-skid device having eoniperetively thelchemetenstic above not-ed, and which 1s simple and inexf'pens ve 1n.

" eonstruotionand .manufeet11re,tl1e device he.

receptacle, 21ml bein within the scope ing readily carried in the tool kit orjothen g thoroughly practical, reliable and efficient in use. I

\Viththe foregoing and othen'oojeetsin View which will appear es the description proceeds, he invention resides in the, oomvbrnatzoni and l arrangement I 0i ports, anti in the details of eonstnuetion hereinafter} ciescribed and claimed, it being guncleretood I that changes in the, pi'eoise embodiment of the invention hereindififllosed ear; beme'de of what is elaimed Without departing from the-spirit .of the invention.

. ThaiIlVlifllOIl iS-illnstintegi intho accornpanyi ng -drewing, "wherein I I Figllr'eil 151a sectional view of the device site plan View thereof.

side elevation of the device Fig. 3 n plan View 'of' the device, 31nd, F1g.---f4 is m oppo- T,a,n said shoe is pi-ovicled with a peir o. diagonally opposite parallel longitudinal 'oiltstruek spurs 2 adj eoen'tits side edges and forming openings 3 at the IILIIEIBICIGS of said whereas if the ground increasing the traction an automobile, motor engaged. at their foi other suitable piee'e I doubled i and bent so as to of a pneumatic tire outstanding spurs and a diagonal cross bar -l between said open ngs -an l spurs. The

Patented Nov; 14, 1916. Application flledflovember 22, 1915. Serial No. 62,Bl

free enclSIof thetwo spurs project outwardly beyond i a 'plane tangent I I to the central portion of the cross bar 4.,

saiclcross bar being openings \Vith the desorlbecl, when the bulgedoutwardly between the spuis or? formutionof thefshoe as-above Wheel 15 running upon hard surface, the shoe will bear upon the surface between the spurs, points of the spurs; "engage the ground, I is soft or yielding, the bulged or central )OltlOIl of the shoe will he depressed into the 7 bring the spurs entirely intoth'e ground for and eliminating the liability of skidding. The cross bar 45 extends diagonally nei'oss ofthe shoe whiehengages the ground, and which isof obviousadvantage.

Thegshoel is provided a'tlits with hooks or I in plaice the-hooks 01 eyes bent from formed, as are also thespurs 2. on n. thus' he read ily foe-tinted. 1 I i to uttaoh the shoe to thewhel of triick or equivalent vehiele,"op1iosite pairs of short cha ns Tine rings (5 engaged with the hooks 5; the links ofvth chninsbeing flattened or so'forined' as to reshenngly' against the tire withoutdangei'gof ehefing orjeutting the seine, The

inner ends of each panoi? chains? are en-'- gagged with the oppoeitely.projeetin% 8 of a nut 9 thremled"iiponfu bolt; in}; iiiittened henill iirovidedl with jop posiige' eyes 12. r i i The tierxninal "eyes 13f mp 14 engege ithe eyes end the eyes 12 0f;til6j0tl1 6l' bolt nt the op posite side are engagedby the 15 ofa1 doubled middle 1, and th so that only theground, and thin will the bulged portion saddle: 16' are eiirvecl'or arbhecltjo fit aroundj the felly, as clearly four- 'o-rners eyes 5' for .ittaohingwhe shoe I 5 hein gr readily the blank froin which the shoe: is The Shoe 1 and inexpensively menu outer ends to Dehzip'ecl 12 "of onenho'lt IlQii 5 e. of the slid 1 die 16 extends angulei'ly iorhtheengegement as the stirrup H toettech the so id parts ygether. I I In order. to attach: the oppos te pairs of 

